Content

SRE272 introduces students to the principles and practice of measurement and estimating in simple low-rise residential construction. Students will learn of the role of construction documentation as a critical form of information transmission, the roles and uses of bills of quantities, builders' quantities and estimates, descriptions of measured items, measurement of quantities for domestic construction and estimating of unit rates and familiarisation with computer packages.

Assessment

Online quiz (2 x 10% each) 20%, group practical measurement and estimating task 40%, examination 40%. To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit students must achieve at least 40% in the examination.